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coast

 
 
/kəʊst/ noun [C, U]

Definition

the land beside the sea: The island lies off the North African coast (= in the sea near North Africa). They live on the east coast of Scotland.
coast to coast from one side of a country to the other
(Definition of coast noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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